More let’s play records! This time I pulled selections from my small 45 collection.
Let’s Play Records | 80s Selections on 45
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At random I will record hour long vinyl mixtapes. These are the results.
Let’s Play Records! Volume 5 – Soundtracks
I have a chunk of soundtracks. For some stupid reason I have 3 Flashdances, American Gigalos and Star Wars. Not sure Why.
For this volume of Let’s Play Records! I decided to grab all my soundtracks, chose the ones with Original Scores (just pulling from the OSTs that are compilations of songs will probably be volume 6) and then starting from there. Its a little dark and synthy with some disco/funk in the middle. Enjoy!.
- Zombie Attacks in the Eighties – Paranorman
- Main Title – Sorcerer
- Ghost Story – The Fog
- Leapord Tree Dream – Cat People
- Istanbul Opening – Midnight Express
- Run Program: Sentionauts – Beyond The Black Rainbow
- Exectutive Dance Party – Rollerball
- Ellies Love Theme – Shaft
- Moving Pictures – Arthur
- Run Linda Run – Deep Throat 2
- Bond 77 – Spy Who Loved Me
- The Apartment – American Gigolo
- For The Love of Big Brother – 1984
- Khan’s Pets – Star Trek 2: TWoK
- Wayang Kulit – The Year of Living Dangerously
- Gandalf Remembers – The Lord of the Rings
- Marcia Without Hope – The Good The Bad and the Ugly
- The End Titles – Watership Down
- Freedom (Reprise) – The Electric Cowboy
Mix of Songs from My Childhood (Let’s Play Records! 4)
I’ve been slowly acquiring record versions of tapes my mom had when I was growing up, the plan being to make a mix of some of the songs from my childhood. Most are from the albums, some are songs I remember on the radio. Enjoy!
1. Kris Krisofferson – “Watch Closely Now” – A Star is Born OST
2. Barbara Mandrell – “Sleeping Single in a Double Bed” – The Best of Barbara Mandrell
3. Suzy Quattro & Chris Norman – “Stumblin’ In” – If You Knew Suzy…
4. Bee Gees – “How Deep is Your Love” – Saturday Night Fever OST
5. Willie Nelson – “Mommas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys” – The Electric Horseman OST
6. John Travolta – “Greased Lightning” – Grease OST
7. Fleetwood Mac – “Go Your Own Way” – Rumours
8. Franco Nero – “C’est Moi” – Camelot OST
9. Neil Diamond – “Cherry, Cherry” – The Feel of Neil Diamond
10. Dr. Hook – “Sexy Eyes” – Sometimes You Win…
11. Willie Nelson – “On th Road Again” – Honeysuckle Rose OST
12. Linda Rondstadt – “Silver Threads and Golden Needles” – Greatest Hits
13. Kenny Rogers – “Ruby” – Greatest Hits
14. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – “Stars & Stripes Forever/Battle of New Orleands” – Stars & Stripes Forever
15. Hall & Oats – “I Can’t Go For That” – Private Eyes
16. Steely Dan – “Peg” – Aja
17. Frankie Valli – “Grease (Is the Word)”- Grease OST
18. Abba – “S.O.S.” – ABBA
19. Gerry Rafferty – “Right Down the Line” – City to City
20. Chuck Mangione – “Feels So Good” – Feels So Good
Let’s Play Records! Volume 3
The first 2 volumes of LPR! were somewhat premeditated. I grabbed all the records first and kind of got them in order. This time I just grabbed the first record (Whipped Cream and other Delights by Herb Alpert), picked the song (initially “A Taste of Honey” but it skipped so I flipped the disk over and chose “Love Potion No. 9”), then kept going. So enjoy the swing, rockabilly, country, mixed with a tiny dash of new wave or punk.
Lets Play Records! Volume 2
This weeks’ kind of hovers around the lat 80’s early 90’s with a few others’ thrown in for good measure. Sorry about the dirty Jody Watley record; it was a little dusty.
- Vikki Car – The First Time
- Billy Ocean – Suddenly
- Milly Vanilli – Blame it on the Rain
- Jody Watley – Don’t You Want Me
- DeBarge – Rhythm of the Night
- Prince and the Revolution – New Position
- Ready for the World – Oh Sheila
- Sheena Easton – Sugar Walls (Red Mix)
- Sheila E – Love Bizzare
- De La Soul – Keeping the Faith
- George Michael – Father Figure
- Keith Sweat – I Want Her
- Bobby Brown – Don’t Be Cruel
- Johnny Kemp – Just Got Paid (12″ Mix)
- Sweet Tea and Jazzy Joyce – It’s my Beat
Let’s Play Records!
Ok, so here is an idea I came up with for a weekly (I’ll try) post.
I will play records from my collection for an hour and record and post it. There may be a theme, there may not. It will be whatever I decide to play. All vinyl for about an hour.
Here is my first attempt, enjoy!
- Tangerine Dream – Guido the Killer Pimp – Risky Business OST
- Gary Numan – Cars – The Pleasure Principal
- Andre Previn – Executive Party Dance – Rollerball OST
- Yello – Vicious Games – Stella
- Ultravox – Western Promise/Vienna – Vienna
- Jon and Vangelis – Back to School – The Friends of Mr. Cairo
- Sparks – I Predict – K-Tel The Beat, Sound Wave of the 80’s
- Queen – In the Space Capsule (The Love Theme) – Flash Gordon OST
- Laurie Anderson – Credit Racket – Home of the Brave
- Walter Carlos – Air on a G String – Switched-On Bach
- Giorgio Moroder – Palm Springs Drive – American Gigolo
- Donna Summer – I Feel Love – I Remember Yesterday
- Rodway – X-Ray Eyes – Horizontal Hold
- Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygene (Part IV) – Oxygene
- Harold Faltermeyer – Axel F – Beverly Hills Cop
Eerie Eighties Mixtape
I’ve been wanting to do this for some time now. A true eighties mixtape using vinyl and (hopefully) transferring it to tape. I’m not too sure about the tape part, but I have a side one and side two, chock full of the songs that always struck me as a bit creepy or eerie when I was growing up and a few recent discoveries.
